The Independent Publisher Book Awards recognized four IU Press books at their annual competition, according to an IU press release.
The Independent Publisher honors the best independently published titles from around the world, according to the IP website. The IPPY competition awards authors in more than 75 categories, spanning from contemporary fiction to coffee table books.
Foreword Reviews Magazine also took note of IU Press authors, recognizing four books at the Book of the Year Awards at the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, according to the release.
The Foreword Reviews is the only magazine dedicated solely to celebrating indie books. The trade review journal is distributed to 7,500 librarians and booksellers quarterly, allowing indie publishers to gain recognition nationally, according to the release.
An IU Press author also received the National Author prize this year from Indiana Authors. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award recognizes the contributions of Indiana authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation, according to its website. The award has three categories: national, regional and emerging.
“I’m delighted these IUP titles have been recognized for their excellence by organizations near and far,” IU Press Editorial Director Dee Mortensen said. “I’ve always thought that IUP books have made a positive difference to educated readers, whether they are interested in fiction or more scholarly topics. It’s even better to have support for our work from those who have their finger on the pulse of the publishing industry.”
James H. Madison
Madison is a Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor of History Emeritus at IU-Bloomington. Madison’s book, “Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana,” won an IPPY Gold medal in the Great Lakes non-fiction category in the Independent Publisher Book Award competition.
Brian C. Wilson
Wilson is a comparative religion professor at Western Michigan University. His book, “Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and the Religion of Biologic Living,” won an IPPY Silver medal in the biography category.
Ellen K. Feder
Feder is a philosophy professor at American University. Her book, “Making Sense of Intersex,” received an IPPY Silver medal for the health/medicine/nutrition category.
Samuel Schalkowsky
Schalkowsky is a volunteer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a survivor of the Kovno ghetto and edited and translated the book “The Clandestine History of the Kovno Jewish Ghetto Police.” This historical book won an IPPY silver medal and a bronze in the Foreword Review’s history category.
Christopher A. Brookslm and Robert Sims
Brooks is an anthropology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Sims is a voice professor at the Northern Illinois University School of Music. Their book, “Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor,” won gold in the performing arts and music category for Foreword Review’s INDIEFAB competition.
Nha Calm and Olga Drorlm
“Mourning Headband For Hue” was written by Nha Ca and translated by Olga Dror. The book is a bronze winner for the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards in the war and military category.
Sharon Bohn Gmelch and George Gmelch
George and Sharon Gmelch are anthropologists who study quasi-nomadic people known as Travellers. Their book, “Irish Travellers: The Unsettled Life,” won an honorable mention in the INDIEFAB social sciences category.
Marianne Boruch
Boruch is an English professor at Purdue University. Her novel, “The Glimpse Traveler” part of the Break Away Books fiction series, won the 2015 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award. Boruch will be awarded $10,000 at the seventh-annual Indiana Authors Award Dinner in October. She will also designate a $2,500 grant to the public library of her choosing.
